Hi all,

I have found a cat that needs a home, but I am not sure if mine is the
right one for him.
I saw an ad in the paper for a cat "rescued from the cold". I called,
and the lady seemed very nice, and just wants to find a good home for
the cat, but she already has 2 cats, and I guess her husband is
complaining about the money she spends on cats already, so keeping this
one isn't possible for her(one of her cats does not like him at all as
well). She said he was outside freezing, so she brought him into a small
area in her house to live until she can find a home. The cat is about
1-1/2 years old, male, but he is not neutered. The lady is willing to
split the cost of the neutering with me though, which I thought was
rather nice. She has already spent a lot of many taking him to the vet,
where he was diagnosed with round worm, and now is on medicine.

    I went to see him today and I brought my kitten along to see how they
would get along. He seemed to be nice enough at first, so he was
probably someones pet that escaped or was abandoned. He is very pretty,
gray with stripes, but he about twice the size of my kitten! Also, I
heard that not neutered male cats are very stinky, but he seemed to be
pretty clean. My kitten was left in the carrier, and the other cat sat
there staring and growling at him, also making some kind of twitching
movement. He snapped at the ladies daughter, but I am sure it was
because he was frightened and aroused. She said he hasn't done that before.

My main concerns are:
1) his size (meaning I am worried that he may hurt my poor kitten, even
if they are just playing around)

2) if they are both neutered, do you think they will eventually at least
get along good enough not to fight? Mine goes in for neutering on
Tuesday, and like I mentioned above, she is willing to get him neutered
if I split the cost wit her.

3) I am not sure how long he has been living outside, do you think he
will still want to go out all the time, or will he be happy being
inside? I would rather keep him indoors, as I don't live in a very safe
area for cats to be outside.

4) Is there a good way to introduce the new cat into my place?

5) Should I wait until he is done with his medicine for roundworm to
take him. I think she will be willing to keep him until then. I want to
wait until my kitten is recovered from neutering at least.

6) I was a little scared about the twitching and snapping at her
daughter thing, is that just a male cat fight thing that will go away
after neutering?

Even if I decide not to take him, I think I will split the cost of the
neutering with her, and maybe she can sweet talk her husband into
keeping it :P

Thank for any input

Justin